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I recently had a nice chat with Gerry Dowden, president of East Can Transport Services, a Newfoundland-based trucking company that delivers automobiles. We were talking about the industry’s predominantly mileage-based pay structure and how it leaves many drivers feeling shorted,…

Our on-road editor Harry Rudolfs asks the question in his Trucknews.com blog, how much should truckers make? How much is enough and how much is too much? Is there such thing as too much? In the process, he rakes wasteful…

ARLINGTON, Va. — The American Trucking Associations (ATA) released results from a new survey showing professional truck driver pay is on par with the national median for all US households, offering “competitive” pay and benefits. “The data in our Driver…

Several high-profile US carriers have in recent days announced notable increases to driver pay packages. Transport America announced it is bringing in better pay packages for solo, team, regional and O/O divisions beginning Sept. 1. “Not only have we increased entry-level pay,…